(10th try, from last thread, without video or pix) Watching the water

 

Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_Sandstone_Aquifer_System

 

Great Man-Made River

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man-Made_River

 

Trouble ahead for Gaddafi's Great Man-Made River

 

#LibyaCrisis

 

GMR is a remarkable feat of engineering but the whole scheme could collapse if the mayhem in Libya continues

 

www.middleeasteye.net/columns/trouble-great-man-made-river-1331047422

 

Libya's water supplyPlumbing the Sahara

 

Libya's water is pumped from deep under the desert

 

www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/03/libyas_water_supply

 

Libya: water emerges as hidden weapon

 

IPS: Libya's enormous aquatic reserves could potentially become a new weapon of choice if government forces opt to starve coastal cities that heavily rely on free flowing freshwater

 

www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/may/27/libya-water-hidden-weapon

 

Libya's Qaddafi taps 'fossil water' to irrigate desert farms

 

While many countries in the Middle East and North Africa bicker over water rights, Libya has tapped into an aquifer of 'fossil water' to change its topography – turning sand into soil. The 26-year, $20 billion project is nearly finished.

 

www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2010/0823/Libya-s-Qaddafi-taps-fossil-water-to-irrigate-desert-farms

 

Nubian Aquifer, Nubian Project

 

The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System (NSAS) is the world´s largest 'fossil' water aquifer system meaning that the water is ancient and non-renewable, much like the mineral resources on which countries rely for their prosperity. Lying beneath the four African countries of Chad, Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya), and Sudan, it covers some two million square kilometers. Groundwater has been identified as the biggest future source of water to meet growing demands and development goals in each country. But can the NSAS meet such demand? Over-abstraction has already started, at times leading to desertification. Other major human pressures include agricultural irrigation and climate change.

 

web.archive.org/web/20110824141945/http:// www-naweb.iaea.org:80/napc/ih/IHS_projects_nubian.html

 

Libyan War Is For Water - NOT Oil - Largest Fossil Water Reserve (MIRROR)

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5dx7jQF1WQ

 

The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer Dispute

 

sites.stedwards.edu/pangaea/the-nubian-sandstone-aquifer-dispute/

 

Underground "Fossil Water" Running Out

 

news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100505-fossil-water-radioactive-science-environment/

 

'Huge' water resource exists under Africa

 

www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-17775211